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KOSTECKI WINS AGP FINALE, TITLE FIGHT ROCKED BY HUGE FEENEY DAMAGE
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A Will Brown error has helped Brodie Kostecki win a chaotic Melbourne SuperSprint finale, which was headlined by a monster crash that took Broc Feeney out of contention.
Feeney, Zach Bates and Cooper Murray walked away from a wild Turn 1 incident that left their cars in pieces, and their teams facing big headaches ahead of the flyaway tour to New Zealand.
Brown bowled a wide in the closing laps to help Kostecki make it three wins in four starts, and with it, claim a second Larry Perkins Trophy and the championship.
Thomas Randle came home to claim his first podium of the season, with Jack Le Brocq, James Golding, Cam Waters, Jayden Ojeda, Chaz Mostert, Kai Allen and Macauley Jones rounding out the top 10.
Punctures ruined Matt Payne and Aaron Cameron’s races, while Ryan Wood was also undone by a collision with Allen that led to the wild start to the race.
Will Brown angled his car towards the middle of the circuit, and got the jump on Randle. However a pit straight clash between Allen and Wood triggered chaos through Turn 1.
Jones hit Allen, who overcorrected and tipped Broc Feeney into a spin, with the #88 Red Bull Ampol Mustang spinning in front of the field. Through smoke, Feeney was hit by an unsighted Cooper Murray.
Feeney and Murray’s cars sustained the most damage, with Feeney’s Ford suffering heavy front and rear damage. Zach Bates was also out on the spot. All drivers walked away from the incident.
All drivers walked away from the incident, with medical staff quickly attending to all drivers.
Jackson Walls, David Reynolds and Rylan Gray were also implicated in the crash.
“Oh my god, oh my god, I’m okay,” Feeney told his team over team radio, in what was arguably the biggest crash of his Supercars career.
Feeney and Murray’s cars sustained the most damage, with the #88 Red Bull Ampol Mustang suffering heavy front and rear damage.
After an extensive clean-up, Brown led the field to green on lap 5. Randle challenged, while Brodie Kostecki picked off Cameron for third on the second green lap. On lap 7, Payne picked off Cameron for fourth through Turn 3.
Kostecki quickly caught Randle, despite being alerted that he held the championship and Larry Perkins Trophy points lead. On lap 7, Kostecki pounced on Randle at the penultimate corner, but had 1.3s to find on Brown.
Payne put Randle back to fourth just four corners later, opening the Castrol Ford to attack from behind. However, Payne quickly dropped back with a suspected tyre issue. Payne and Cameron both came into pit lane, with Randle, Le Brocq and Golding the new top five.
Payne’s puncture left tyre debris strewn around the back of the circuit, but the race pressed on.
Kostecki closed on his old mate, and the two Mustangs were joined at the hip as the clock wound down. On lap 12, Kostecki showed the nose at Turn 11, but Brown couldn’t pull it up. Kostecki sailed through, going on to win the race, the Larry Perkins Trophy, and take the championship lead.
The 2026 Repco Supercars Championship resumes across the Tasman, with the ITM NZ Doubleheader kicking off in Taupō on April 10-12. Tickets are on sale now.
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